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LISTENER SPONSORED PACIFICA RADIO
SERVING THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

Sunday

AM
•6:30 NIGHTOWL

*7:30 MOSAICS— Meditational music with
Mark Yount.

* 10:00 LITURGY AND THE WORD—

Chuck Sanders will feature gospel and liturgical
music, mixed with the spoken word, from
Martin Luther King, Jr. to Malcolm X.

1 1 :00 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

— Programs of outstanding significance from
the Archives of Pacifica stations in Berkeley,
Houston, Los Angeles and New York.

PM
•1:00 MASILON— Translated "more jam-
session. Betty Diaz and Jose Svero will feature
Latin American and Caribbean rhythms—
guaguanco, bolero, meringue and cha-cha,
as well as news from the Latin community and
a 15 minute news segment each week in
Spanish.

5:00 NEIGHRORHOOD ECONOMICS—

A program on how to make your money go
further, and not get gypped.

5:30 A WEEK IN REVISION— A satirical
and humorous look at the week's news by
Anne Zill.

•6:00 JAZZ RAND RALL— Dixieland/rag-
time and swing music brought to us from the
Potomac River Jazz Club.

*7:30 JAZZ CALENDAR-A tribute to a
great on his or her birthday.

•7:45 JAZZ FROM THE HILL— Congress-
man John Conyers brings you his favorite
recordings and has guests on the air, mixing
music and politics.

10:00 WPFW SPECIAL-Weekly produc-
tions that provide an in-depth treatment of an
individual, event, or issue whose historical,
cultural or political significance warrants special
consideration.

• 12:00 MN MIDNITE SERVICE— Straight
ahead jazz.

*4:00 NIGHTOWL— Music with Scott Copley.

•7:30 JAZZ CALENDAR

8:00 FRIENDS— The gay community dis-
cusses issues relevant to their existence and
survival in America. (Alternates weekly with
Street Law.)

8:00 STREET LAW— The law in simple
language presented by a panel of lawyers who
will discuss specific legal issues ranging from
rape to consumer protection. Phone-in.

9:00 NEWS

* 10:00 ELECTRONIC FAMILY— Music

show hosted by Vincent Thomas, exploring
jazz and its technological offspring.

•12:00 MN GIANT STEPS— Straight ahead
jazz with Ken Steiner.

*4:00 NIGHTOWL— Late night listening for
late night prowlers wth Dianne Quander

Monday

AM
•6:30 RISE AND SHINE-Music, interviews,
news and views with Mel Jasper. An easy-
going morning show.

9:00 NEWS— Rebroadcast of previous
evening news.

10:00 TALKING PAPERS-AM readings
of editorials from local, national and international
periodicals.

10:30 1 WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT

— Children explore fantasy and reality with the
help of sound and music. These programs, pro-
duced by Pamela Brooke and Robert Frazier,
from the D.C. Public Schools Radio Project, are
designed for children, but adults will find them
irresistible morning listening. Rare insights into
the power of a child's imagination,

11 : 00 A MORE GOODLY COUNTRY—

John Sanford's book is a poetic tour of Amer-
ican history, read here in 25 installments. He
gives a unique perspective on the country and
its people.

1 1 : 30 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

PM

1:15 THEM AND US— Rebroadcast

*2:00 GREEN DOLPHIN STREET— Lillian

Green, a native Washingtonian, will play music
from the 40's and 50's. She and her husband
once owned a local jazz club and will feature
many of the musicians who played there.

6:00 TALKING PAPERS-Rebroadcast.

6:30 NEIGHRORHOOD PROFILE— A local
neighborhood will be selected and analyzed
historically and presently.

7:00 PUENTES— A weekly talk show on the
Spanish-speaking communities, produced by
Frank Corona.

•7:30 JAZZ CALENDAR

8:00 THE POET & THE POEM-Grace

Cavalieri will host this weekly show, featuring
poets who come through D.C, discussing the
process by which they do their work and read-
ing some of it as well.

9:00 NEWS— A roundup of neighborhood,
local, national, and international trends and
events with an in-depth analysis of a different
topic or area each day. Compiled with the help
of listeners, WPFW volunteers, AP, Reuters,
Africa News Service, Internews and the Pacifica
National News bureau in addition to our own
correspondents and news services.

•10:00 ELECTRIC RAIN— Electronic jazz

with Gary Seely.

•12:00 MN NIGHT PASSAGE-Straight
ahead jazz with Elliot Himmelfarb.

•4:00 NIGHTOWL— Music for late nighters.

Thursday

**

AM

•6:30 AT THE RISK— David Selvin talks,
interviews, and plays music. Whatever else,
it's your risk.

9:00 NEWS

10:00 TALKING PAPERS

10:30 1 WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT

11:00 A MORE GOODLY COUNTRY

1 1 :30 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

1:30 PUENTES— "Bridges" in Spanish,
Frank Shaffer Corona hopes to build bridges
between the black, white and latino com-
munities.

•2:00 JAZZ UNLIMITED— Paul Anthony has
done this show for years in D.C. on several
stations.

6:00 TALKING PAPERS

6:30 THEM AND US— Weekly program on
labor issues and organizing.

•7:15 JAZZ CALENDAR

7:30 SCIENCE FICTION THEATER—

Dramatized versions of Sci-Fi adventures from
Mike Hodel of KPFK.

8:30 POT LUCK— Ed Darden will bring to
you a light, humorous view of cooking all kinds
of food and such.

9:00 NEWS

SPECIAL REPORT— Southern

Cone"— Bilingual analysis of events in Argen-
tina, Chile and Uruguay.

•10:00 LIVE FROM THE PIGFOOT and
HAROLD'S ROGUE & JAR— Live broad
casts of performances from these local jazz
clubs will ' 'take you there. ' ' No smoke. No
cover. No minimum.

•12:00MN TRANSITIONS— Music with Ron
Clark will include past and present trends in
jazz and its transitions during the last 2 decades.

•4:00 NIGHTOWL— Music with Jerry Kupfer
and Marty Kurcias, a mild blend for addicts of
the night.

Triday

AM
•6:30 AT THE RISK— With Dave Selvin.

9:00 NEWS

10:00 TALKING PAPERS

10:30 I WISH I MAY. I WISH I MIGHT

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the power of a child's imagination.

1 1 :00 A MORE GOODLY COUNTRY—

John Santord's book is a poetic tour of Amer-
ican history, read here in 25 installments. He
gives a unique perspective on the country and
its people.
1 1 :30 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

PM

1:15 THEM AND US— Rebroadcast.

•2:00 GREEN DOLPHIN STREET— Lillian

Green, a native Washingtonian, will play music
from the 40's and 50's. She and her husband
once owned a local jazz club and will feature
many of the musicians who played there.

6:00 TALKING PAPERS— Rebroadcast.

6:30 NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE— A local
neighborhood will be selected and analyzed
historically and presently.

7:00 PUENTES— A weekly talk show on the
Spanish-speaking communities, produced by
Frank Corona.

•7:30 JAZZ CALENDAR

8:00 THE POET & THE POEM— Grace

Cavalieri will host this weekly show, featuring
poets who come through D.C.. discussing the
process by which they do their work and read-
ing some of it as well.

9:00 NEWS— A roundup of neighborhood,
local, national, and international trends and
events with an in-depth analysis of a different
topic or area each day. Compiled with the help
of listeners. WPFW volunteers, AP. Reuters,
Africa News Service, Internews and the Pacifica
National News bureau in addition to our own
correspondents and news services.

•10:00 ELECTRIC RAIN— Electronic jazz
with Gary Seely.

•12:00 MN NIGHT PASSAGE— Straight
ahead jazz with Elliot Himmelfarb.

•4:00 NIGHTOWL— Music for late nighters.

1:30 PUENTES— •"Bridges" in Spanish,
Frank Shatter Corona hopes to build bridges
between the black, white and latino com-
munities.

•2:00 JAZZ UNLIMITED— Paul Anthony has
done this show for years in D.C. on several
stations.

6:00 TALKING PAPERS

6:30 THEM AND US— Weekly program on
labor issues and organizing.

•7: 15 JAZZ CALENDAR

7:30 SCIENCE FICTION THEATER—

Dramatized versions of Sci-Fi adventures from
Mike Hodel of KPFK.

8:30 POT LUCK— Ed Garden will bring to
you a light, humorous view of cooking all kinds
of food and such.

9:00 NEWS

SPECIAL REPORT— Southern
Cone"— Bilingual analysis of events in Argen-
tina. Chile and Uruguay.

•10:00 LIVE FROM THE PIGFOOT and
HAROLD'S ROGUE & JAR— Live broad
casts of performances from these local jazz
clubs will "take you there. ' ' No smoke. No
cover. No minimum.

•12-.00MN TRANSITIONS— Music with Ron

Clark will include past and present trends in
jazz and its transitions during the last 2 decades.

•4:00 NIGHTOWL— Music with Jerry Kupfer
and Marty Kurcias, a mild blend for addicts of
thenighl.

Triday

Tuesday

AM
•6:30 AT THE RISK— With Dave Selvin.

9:00 NEWS

10:00 TALKING PAPERS

10:30 1 WISH I MAY. I WISH I MIGHT

11:00 A MORE GOODLY COUNTRY

11:30 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

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AM
•6:00 RISE AND SHINE

9:00 NEWS— Rebroadcast of previous
evening news

10:00 TALKING PAPERS

10:30 1 WISH I MAY. I WISH I MIGHT

11:00 A MORE GOODLY COUNTRY

1 1 :30 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

PM

1:30 AFRO-CENTRIC— Rebroadcast

•2:00 SOPHIE'S PARLOR— Prepared by

Sophie's Collective. Music by, for and about
women.

6:00 TALKING PAPERS

6:30 PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALS

7:00 FILM EXCHANGE— Ron Sutton and
Ukali Bethea host discussions with guests on
the issues of cinema.

•7:30 JAZZ CALENDAR

7:45 PEOPLED ENERGY SHOW— Pro

duced by Rich Pollack, issues include nuclear
proliferation, solar energy, oil and gas shortages.

9:00 NEWS

•10:00 TEXTURES— Malcolm Peplow and
Sally Heldrick host this show which highlights
jazz and its electronic extensions.

•12:00 MN MUSIC YOU MIGHT HAVE
MISSED A FUTURE AGO— Andre Smith
brings us "futuristic music created in the
past." from John Coltrane to Muhal Richard
Abrams.

•4:00 NIGHTOWL— Mark Avery hosts a
music show for those of us who can't or won't
go to sleep.

cWednesday

AM
•6:30 SUNBIRD— Early morning talk, inter-
view and music show, hosted by Oenise Oliver,
WPFW's Program Director. Should inspire you
to face the day.

8:00 REPORT TO THE PEOPLE— WPFW s
Station Manager and Program Director talk
about the station and open the phones.

9:00 NEWS

10:00 TALKING PAPERS

10:30 1 WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT

11:00 A MORE GOODLY COUNTRY

11:30 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

1 :30 A WOMAN'S STORY-Examines
women's issues and events ranging in scope
from the national and international to "just
down the street."

*2:00 DUETS— Music for solo instrument or
duets. Whole albums will be presented for un-
interrupted afternoon listening, with Sigidi
Braudy.

6:00 TALKING PAPERS

6:30 SPECIAL REPORT— Analysis and dis-
cussion of news-making issues and regions of
the world.

7:00 AFRO-CENTRIC-Professor Ron

Wallers explores the politics, history and culture
of the African diaspora.

PM

12:00 PEOPLE'S ENERGY SHOW

* 12:45 MUSICAL INTERLUDE

1 :00 IT'S OUR MOVE— Ted Overman and
Lenore Pomerance will discuss community
issues.

•2:00 BERIMBAU— Larry Rohterand Mark
Gorbulew host this show which features the
music of Brazil.

6:00 TALKING PAPERS

6:30 A WOMAN'S STORY

•7:00 JAZZ CALENDAR

•MIXED BAG— A potpourri of Pacifica
programming.

9:00 NEWS

10:00 POETRY FROM THE CITY— Taped
performances of poets who do readings here,
from the Folger to the Martin Luther King. Jr.
Library.

•11:00 MUSICAL INTERLUDE

•12:00 MN MY FAVORITE THINGS-

Renee Gravatt plays your most loved requests.

•4:00 NIGHTOWL— Music with Jim McDon-
ald who will keep you up till sunrise.

Saturday

AM

*6:30 NIGHTOWL

7:30 1 WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT-

Rebroadcasts of children's programs from
preceding week.

9:00 CAN YOU IMAGINE?— Children's
program with Joyce Hill and Kathy Anderson.

•10:00 PEOPLE'S PARK— Folk music,
protest and dissent in song, hosted by Mark
Strump.

• 1 1 :30 HOODIE BLUES— Bill Harris, re-
nowned jazz guitarist sings and plays the blues.

PM

1 : 30 SPACE WARP— Science fiction drama

from here and beyond.

•2:00 CARRIBBEANA— West Indian music,
news and community commentary produced
by Von Martin.

6:00 SEEING RED— Program on Native
American issues. (Alternates weekly with
WPFW Special.)

6:00 WPFW SPECIAL

6:30 FROM THE PACIFICA ARCHIVES

7:00 PACIFICA WASHINGTON BUREAU
REPORT — News specials from Pacifica's
National News Bureau

•7:30 JAZZ CALENDAR

7:45 EXPRESSIONS— Weekly review of
drama and literature.

•8:30 SPIRALS— Electronic music that has
progressed from the basics of jazz will be
featured, with Sigidi Braudy, and Denise Oliver.

•12:00 MN GUMBO— Bill Barlow, who comes
to us from KPFA, produces a rotating guest-
host music show.

•4:00 NIGHTOWL— Music of the night

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Pacifica Programs

Mother Jones

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?

A chilling dramatization of the play by Eric Bentley that recreates the
paranoid climate of the 1950's when McCarthyites were wont to
characterize their"pinko" and 'fellow-traveler' victims as subtle, devious,
usually sophisticated bigcity types, cleverly interpreting some subversive
Moscow propaganda line to the American public.
Features Lillian Hellman as herself.

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson, the son of a former slave, lived as
an expatriate during the 1930's. Following World
War II, he returned to the U.S. and soon became
active in the civil rights movement. In this
Pacifica Radio program, Mr. Robeson performs
many of his songs, among them "This Little
Light", "Old Man River", and "Let My People
Go", along with excerpts from his theatrical and
operatic performances . This program is a bio-
graphy of his life in America, told in his own
words, through the people who were close to him,
and through those involved in the events that
forced his political exile from America.

Alex Haley at the Archives

Kunta searched his mind; there must
have beep.jflbwwftthing else of his original
selfifnaihe c^yicLfind someplace. And
thjere was: He nacNfcfepfr lis dignity.

trough everything, he had\Avorn his
dignity as once in Juffure he \ad worn
his saphie charms to keep away t\e evil
spirits. He vowed to himself thaWnow
more than ever, his dignity must bee?
,as a shield between him and all of those

/ho called themselves "niggers." tiowj
'antofc^hemselves they were; the
knew nothing) of their ancestors, a^ie
had been tafught from boyhood, Ziunta
reviewed in\his mind the names K>f the
Kintes from tnp ancient clan in ol\ Mali
down across
Mauretania, the]
way to his brol
thought of how
ledge was possess
his kafo.

Programacidn Latlna

A pesar de que hay unos 150.000 Latinos aqui en Washington, apenas se oye hablar
de la riqueza, la pobreza, las contribuciones y los problemas del barrio Latino.
MASILON es un programa bilinglie que ofrece entrevistas, musica y noticias
por y para Latinoamericanos, desde los borinquenes nacidos aqui hasta los salva-
dorenos, chilenos, y espanoles que tanto han enriquecido nuestras vidas. Aqui y en
PUENTES se habla de los refugiados no como "ilegales" robandose los trabajos
a los estadounidenses, sino como seres humanos luchando por la dignidad. Por ser
bilingues estos programas ofrecen un medio de comunicacion y concientizacion
para todo el pueblo.

BERIMBAU les presenta la musica brasilena que les encanta a todos. Este pro-
grama tambien explora las raices Africanas de la musica brasilena.

En CONO SUR se puede enterar de las ultimas noticias de Uruguay,
Chile y Argentina, zona de Batalla por el futuro de la democracia.

Malcom X

..He had the hawk-man's eyes.
We gasped. We saw the maleness.

....her destiny was interwoven with
the fabric of national history. Pat-
terns of wealth and power, poverty
and helplessness, took shape as
America changed from a land of
farms to a modern industrial
country. Unskilled native and im-
migrant laborers, and their wives
and children, bore the heaviest
burden of progress. In this period,
from about 1870 to 1920, Mother
Jones roamed up and down the
land, agitating, organizing, preach-
ing a gospel of justice and dignity
for the working person wherever
these were sadly lacking.

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ROOTS/A. Haley

Seeing Red

The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the
Indians; their land and property shall never be taken from them
without their consent; and in the property , rights, and liberty,
they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and
lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in
justice and humanity shall from time to time be made, for
preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving
peace and friendship with them.

-Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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...The Bill of Rights was being blatantly
violated for years, but only when the
Democratic Party and other "main-
streamers" were objects of those viola-
tions did their occurrence become NEWS
...segregation, discrimination, and racism
existed for two centuries in this country
before Rosa Parks took her seat at the
front of the bus and "civil rights" became
a media event. ..everyone's NEWS is se-
lective, ours included. ..everything that is
happening cannot be presented in a NEWS-
CAST unless we wire the entire world for
sound. ..which NEWS we do present is a
matter of our selectivity or prejudice or
"objectivity".;. racial unrest in the District
existed before the 1968 riots made it a
headline. ..land speculation is considered a
problem by residents of affected commun-
ities whether or not anyone is reporting on
it... do taxis have the right to refuse
passengers going to Anacostia?... does the
City Council control anything?... Who
does?... Who, benefits?... Who suffers?...
Why?... Who decided how to distribute the
benefits and the suffering?. ..our role is to
go into the community, to explore pro-
blems, grievances and solutions people
have, and investigate why the problems
exist/persist...

And a wail of sweet children appears
Even in the desert night, a wail
Of thousands of infant mouths
Like a chorus pursued by the hard wind
So we will hear, so we will not forget.

-Pablo Neruda

And in a soft and fundamental hour
A sorcery devout and vertical
Beguiled the world.

He opened us—..."

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Free the Five/Lolita Lebron

• Who are "The Five"? Why did they attack the U.S. Congress with blazing guns? Why
have they been imprisoned longer than any other U.S. political prisoners? Puertc
Rican Independence? Lolita Lebron, the only woman among "The Five", reflects on
these and many other questions in an exclusive Pacifica Radio interview.

•Quie'nes son "Los Cinco"? Por que7 atacaron con llameantes armas el Congreso de
los Estados Unidos? Por que' son los presos politicos que han permanecido
encarcelados mas tiempo en este pafs? Independencia para Puerto Rico? Lolita
Lebrdh, unica mujer entre "Los Cinco", reflexiona acerca de estas y rnuchas otras
interrogantes en una entrevista exclusiva a Radio Pacifica.

AmongThis You Stand Like A Fine Brownstone

An interview with Gwendolyn Brooks precedes the dramatization of her
poetry as performed by the D.C. Black Repertory Company. Miss Brooks
was the first Black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature (1950).
She is dedicated to Black unity and her poetry speaks to a national cause
as well as to eternal and enduring themes. She shares her feelings about
the dramatization with the dignity and humility which characterize her
as a leader in the world of letters. She continues to be an inspiration to
writers of every race. The best there is in Poetry.

Tribute to
Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry, writer, poet,
creator of "A Raisin in the Sun"
died January 12, 1965. In this mar-
velous tribute, sixty well known
actors read from her work. With
Paul Robeson, Bette Davis, Diana
Sands, Ossie Davis, Paul Newman,
James Earl Jones, Lauren Bacall,
Ruby Dee, Angela Lansberry, Lou
Gossett, Sir Laurence Olivier,
Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft,
Brock Peters, Geraldine Paige,
Geraldine Fitzgerald, Theodore
Bikel, Colleen Dewhurst, et. al.

What does music taste like ?
songs jumPing in my m<>uth

It is the sound
of American nights rising
from smoke-filled clubs. ..of a trumpet
trolling down GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
if a Lady named Day singing "God Bless the Child1
..of Saints strutting proud on the streets of New
Means. ..of music thatSPIRALS f rom the spicy salsa of
?elia Cruz to Duke Ellington's "A-Train" sliding up to
larlem where swinging saxophones and smooth trombones polish

he dance floors at the JAZZ BAND BALL ....of the weary blues moaning at midnight
vhile Trane and Miles guard the past and future of music... of the BERIMBAU and a bfue-DlacC
Brazilian named Milton who sends out a Call from Bahia that echoes from Africa... of arums
hat beat out the still of the night till moist silver dew settles in the yawn of a perfect morning
..of highland wooden flutes ringing in the cold crisp Andean air. ..of pianos and mellow vibes
;hat play DUETS instead of swan songs. ..of strong sounds of women making music in
SOPHIE'S PARLOR ...of songs blowin in the wind from guitars that were not afraid to
to sing out of tune with the times. ..of slave songs that brought the LITURGY AND
rHE WORD to hands picking cotton in Southern fields. ..it is a big pot of GUMBO
simmering sounds of CARRIBBE ANA, Americana and Africana while a soli-
tary congressman named Conyers plays his favorite of all these sounds and asks, "won't
you listen to some of this jazz?"

WPFW will not conduct experi-
ments on the effects of media
violence on the minds of child-
ren. We will broadcast children
speaking to children of their
hopes, fears, wishes, lies and
dreams through song, poetry and
conversation. Programs like "Can
you Imagine" and "Songs Jumpin
in my Mouth" will give voice to
the worlds of wonder, fantasy,
color, touch and sound that en-
rich a child's imagination.
WPFW is particularly proud that
during our first month of broad-
casting, "Can You Imagine" won
first prize for Children's Pro-
gramming at the 1977 Convention
of the National Association of
Broadcasters.

Adams Morgan, Anacostia, Benning Ridge, Bethesda,
Brentwood, Brookland, Burleith, Capitol Hill, Chevy Chase
Chinatown, Cleveland Park, Friendship Heights, Foggy
Bottom, Georgetown.Glover Park, Ivy City.Landover,
Lincoln Park, Michigan Park, Mt. Pleasant, Oxon Hill,
Riggs Park, Shaw, Trinidad, Waterside, West End will
be featured each week.

Responsive Radio

Once upon a time, several people who
had spent all their days roaming dark for-
ests, met quite by accident in a small
clearing. Tired of wandering aimlessly, they
decided to build homes in the clearing, to
share what food they gathered and to work
together to protect each other from the
dangers of the surrounding darkness.

This was the first city. In time, other
people joined them and still others met in
similar clearings so that before long, there
were cities around the world. For a while,
cities were glorious monuments to the crea-
tive efforts of people who banded together
to share their lives with each other.

With the passage of time, population
growth, technological advances and the in-
creasing power of money and privilege, the
original notion of the city as a place of
sharing was lost. Problems of inadequate
services, poor housing, violence and high
costs of living now characterize cities and
make their survival a major economic quest-
ion. While the resources exist to correct if
not eliminate city problems, the fact re-
mains that despite an overwhelming aware-
ness of the current situation, the quality of
urban life declines steadily.

Once upon a time, it was easy to know
who ones neighbors were, who hunted meat,
who tended gardens, who built houses; who,
in short, was responsible for what in our
cities. But cities are so large now that it is
difficult to assign blame for their demise
and the only hope rests in a return to shared
responsibility. Cities, like democracies,
depend for their effectiveness on the in-
volvement and concern of all citizens.

Even in an ideal state of sharing, how-
ever, cities will continue their decline unless
we are able to overcome the burden of size -
- millions of people spread over hundreds of
square miles— to share information, ideas,
dreams, music, humor, and literature. Why
not RADIO?

WPFW's basic commitment is to provide
opportunities for free speech and the open
exploration of ideas. Radio provides a unique
tool to inform; it connects people and ideas
over time and space. It is a channel for
comment, for reporting, for discussion, for
cultivation of aesthetic feelings and apprec-
iation.

Our philosophy encompasses active,
frank and interpretive journalism that seeks
to provide listeners with a sense of what
really happened and of having been there.
We are reporters; watchdogs of national,
regional and local governments; catalysts
for wide-ranging discourse in public affairs;
and a showcase of creative forces in the fine

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and performing arts

News Broadcasts: The news will be flex-
ible and responsive, making a balanced use
of on-the-street actualities, underground,
above ground, on the scene, and behind the
scene sources as well as regular information
from UPI, Reuters, Prensa Latina, AP, Af-
rica News Service, Internews and Liberation
News Service. Emphasis is always on live
coverage and on that news which is many
times overlooked or stereotyped in regular
media presentations.

Documentary: A documentary, in con-
trast to hard news, will bring together in one
contiguous time sequence contrasting as-
pects of a subject, background and inter-
pretive information, which enable a listener
to develop an in-depth picture of the sub-
ject. Our documentaries will use live
cover age; interviews with people who have
insight on the issue, pro and con; commen-
tary by informed or concerned questioners,
and interspersing of comment collected
through taping of conferences, meetings,
and other events related to the topic. In
addition, when appropriate, telephone re-
sponse from listeners, music and poetry will
be included.

Free Form Radio: Free form program-
ming of WPFW will include shows with hosts
who coordinate live guest interviews in
discussion connected to the community
through phone calls and previously recorded
interviews with people in the community.

Community Events: WPFW will cover in-
teresting events in the city through live
coverage at meetings, including political
rallies, street festivals and fiestas, sporting
events, and press conferences.

Commentaries: Commentaries will be
invitational to individuals and groups who
are too often denied radio access. Ongoing
discussions will focus on current topical
issues. The station will emphasize giving a
voice to both establishment and non-estab-
lishment groups in the city, and posing
constructive, creative tensions between
them.

Radio Theater: Pacifica has pioneered in
maintaining and giving life to radio theater.
This is a much neglected art in radio, but
WPFW will develop and encourage new
artists and will explore ways of integrating
radio theater with analysis of public policy
issues.

Music: WPFW will feature an eclectic
mix of music from around the world with a

focus on what is called "jazz" and its
extensions. We believe that jazz is an
important American musical form and will
attempt to create a musical format which is
at once entertaining and educational for
jazz lovers and individuals who do not
currently understand or appreciate the
music. Our musical programming will cut
across economic, social, political and ethnic
barriers to stand on its own; not as filler,
but as an integral part of our total program-
ming stream. In addition, WPFW will create
a spotlight on local musical talent with live
broadcasts from Washington clubs and, in
time, from our own studios.

All this will be made possible by the
dedicated efforts of volunteers from the
Washington/Baltimore community who share
the ideals of WPFW, Pacifica Washington.
WPFW understands the ease with which
radio can be learned. In exchange for
volunteer work, WPFW provides training in
all aspects of radio and the opportunity to
apply newly gained skills in a 50,000 watt
non-commercial radio station.

We are not CBS, NBC, ABC or PBS, but a
community radio station that believes the
goal of public radio is to hold the airwaves
in trust for all people who have no other
forum to give voice to their own concerns or
to hear the concerns of others.

In 1970, Pacifica Foundation surveyed
255 community leaders and members of the
public. People were then concerned about
some of the same issues that are prominent
today.

In 1970, school and education issues were
mentioned 155 times in the Pacifica survey.
In 1976 citizens wanted coverage of the
ouster of Superintendent Barbara Sizemore
but were treated to sensationalized accounts
that failed to uncover the true issues in the
case.

Only Black Studies, as an issue, has
receded slightly. School integration ques-
tions have been superceded by searches for
multi-cultural approaches to education and
by the development of organizations that
seek to improve the delivery of educational
services.

Health, transportation, suburban com-
munities and their relationship to the city,
the relationship of the local government to
Capitol Hill, and how the city would be
financed were concerns in 1970. They are
more pressing today than before. New civic
concerns prominent in 1977 are housing;
planning and development for the city; and
the legislative and executive process as a
new City Council, elected Mayor, and Ad-

visory Neighborhood Commissions attempt
to forge a representative government in a
city which for 106 years previously had no
self-government.

Finally, in 1977 it is conclusively clear
that Washington is a new city, more multi-
cultural and metropolitan. To remain
viable, it must relate politically, socially
and governmentally to the larger metro-
politan area. The 75,000 Spanish-speaking
people of the area have made the city
bilingual. Over 75% of the city's population
is Black. There are also active Chinese,
Iranian and Vietnamese communities.
Museums and educational resources of our
city are rich and local community alter-
natives in art, education, and music are
numerous.

Washington presents a special program-
ming opportunity in other respects. Because
the city is the seat of the national govern-
ment, literally thousands of special interest
groups have representatives in the city. In
addition, Embassy Row offers a rich oppor-
tunity for imaginative international affairs
programming.

Pacifica is not a newcomer to Wash-
ington. For the past eight years, Pacifica
has operated a news bureau in our city to
feed stories to other Pacifica stations in
New York, Los Angeles, Berkeley and
Houston, on a daily basis. Washington is rich
with resources, but the current media mix
falls far short of what is possible.

Pacifica has always accepted the Jeffer-
sonian notion of a free press as a serious
responsibility.

WPFW Pacifica Washington will attempt
to be personal, warm, textured, funny and
moving. Our responsiveness to the Wash-
ington metropolitan community embodied in
our local focus will break new ground and
provide a sensitive media alternative to the
mind-softening effects of television.

With our microphone as a mirror, we will
reflect the vibrance and vitality of our
region to encourage the community to hear
and listen to itself, to build community
through the concept of listener-sponsorship,
and to use the networking power of the
airwaves to unite local people in cooperative
projects and efforts.

We accept the challenge of putting our
knowledge of the city to use and serving the
people of the Washington area with twenty-
four hours of responsive radio each day.

Gregory Millard
General Manager

L to R (top row): Robert Frazier, Gregory Millard, Denise Oliver, Pamela Peabody. Lenore Jacobs;
(bottom row): Sigidi Braudy, Sunny Pietrafesa, Lome Cress, Paz Cohen, Cirace Cavalieri

Administrative

Gregory Millard (General Manager), Denise Oliver (Program Director). Pamela Peabody (Development
Director), Lenore Jacobs (Subscriptions/Bookkeeping), Jerry Kupfer (Program Guide), Julie Schnell,
Susan Hammond, Glenn Peake, Jean Beckwith, Terry Campbell, Tariq Omar Ali, Claudia Sarnoff, Bill
Dunlop, Richard Rebh, Lucy Jewet, Allan Rivlin, Jacqueline Carr, Marilyn Murphy

Music

Sigidi Braudy (Music Director), Bill Barlow, Mary Kasamatsu, Von Martin, Lillian Green, Mark Vount,
A.B. Spellman .Vincent Thomas, Sarah Ann Heldrich, Bill Harris, Chuck Saunders. Bill Quinn, Curtis
Thompson, James McDonald, Gary V. Seely, Betty Diaz, Jose Sueiro, Jerry Kupfer, Dianne yuander, lrv
Chamberlain, Mark Avery, W. Lawrence Rohter, Malcolm Peplow, Andre A. Smith, Marty hurcias.
Ken Steiner, Elliott Himelfarb, Rene Gravatt, Tom Porter, Gregg Hedgepath, Mel Jasper, David Selvin,
Ron Clark, Paul Anthony, Sophie's Parlor, John Conyers, Jude Franco

Paz Cohen (News Director), Jesse Battle, Patricia Neighmond, Amy Wilkinson, Eugene Johnson, Leonard
Knight. Harrison Wyman, Azikwe Brown, John Clark, MarilynJewett, Patti Paine. Saundra Grays, Jim
Slicer. Vashone Keith, Stephanie Ross, Rick Reese. Debbi Thomas. Devella Brown, Adrienne Felton.
Karen Spellman. Jean Beckwith. Charles Goldsmith. Bernadine Stybursici, Tom yuigley, Huan Ferreira,
Mike McCullough, Charlie Cobb. Severina Rivera, Susan Leffler, Katrina Balmforth, Steve Chmielewski,
Roger Newell, Steven Kolter, Ron Taylor, Eric Keith Williams. James Seymour. Jay Kumar. Alex Knopp,
Admiral Gene La Rocque, Zikwe Msimang, Jackie Chignon, Michael Moffitt, Larry Cox, George Bisharat,
David Lawrence, Ted Swedenberg, Esther Herst, Richard Barnett, Carmen Diaz, Martin Guerrero, Luis
Salvatierra, Marty Kurcias, Jude Franco, Pedro Sababu Romero; Pacifica National News Bureau:
Ted Clark, Ellin O'Leary. Peter Vieth

Engineering

Sunny Pietrafesa (Chief Engineer), Robert Frazier (Operations Director), Sally Craig. Robert Enger,
Kenneth K. Sleeman. Rick Reese, Tom Rosania, Malcolm Peplow, Faye Herbert, Sally Heldrich. James
Musson, Marty Kurcias, Essex Hemphill, John Hofstetter, Hubert Horan, Jerry Kupfer, Edward Tutwiler,
Lorraine Wilcox, Jesus A. Rivas, Marc Strump, Zenon Slawinski, Clarence Lusane, Mike Moynagh,
Patricia Neighmond, Scott Copley, Antony Heatwole, Gregg Hedgepath, Shelley Harris, Angelo Gregory,
Jude Franco, Kathy Anderson, David Elson, William G. Calder, Jr.. Garlington , Kenneth Dewire

Drama and Literature

Grace Cavalieri (Drama & Literature Director), Naomi Eftis, Ron Sutton, Greg Hannon, Frances ban^,
Mark Steinwinter. Tom Lowderbaugh. Douglas Lang. Carolyn Kizer. Sharon Conway, Ron Ostrofi. Barry
Parker. Geri Calkins, Ruth Stenstrom. Doris Indyke. Mike Hodge, Stephanie Deutsch, Hazel Kobinson,
E thelbert Miller, Ukali Bethea, Willie Shipman, Sophy Burnham, Molly Smith, Mark Metcalf. Nikki
Barthan, Kene Holliday. Jennifer Baker Holliday, Barbara Callander, Cassandru Wimbs, Boreas Dessaso,
Vickie Grooms, Rod Kane, Gerry Kasarda, Robert Smith. Cotter Smith, Andre Robinson, lony Kaiford,
Jeffery Lowery, K. Lundy, C. Lang, Lee Malone, Jim McMillan. Wurren Mac Isaac, John Wentworth,
Nan Socolow, Mary Kasamatsu, Michael Hodge, Deirdre Baldwin, Wendy Blum. Robert Krulwieh, Bob
Kuttner. Charles Brunson. Aileen McKinney, Kenneth Daugherty, Sherri Blair

Public Affairs

Lome Cress (Public Affairs Director), Cassandra Wimbs, Barry Truchil, Carmen DelleDonne, Cathy linker
Bill Street, Anuli Street, Frank Shaffer Corona, Richard Pollack, Tina Mcintosh, J ohn Barber, Bill Street,
LeCount Holmes, Jr., Samuel Jordan, Lenore Pomerance. Leslie Lasey, Ron Walters, Charles Sanders,
Ted Overman, Talibah Fennell, Ari SeSu Merietazon, Louis Holloway, Clarence Lusane, Ayanna Taure,
Baloti Lawrence, Peter Mays, Susan Shown Harjoe, Frank Harjoe, Tony Gittens, Gayla Cook, David Aiken,
Bruce Pennington, Bill Bogan. Lou Chibbaro, Joh Higginbotham. Cheryl Reeves, Ken Rothschild, Rex
Schneider, Silas White, Paulette Young, Tanya Harper, Jude Franco, Moira Rankin, Del Dobbins, Jill
Shapiro, Ivy Young, Vanessa Floyd, Natalie Reuss, Them & Us Collective

Pacifica Program Guide

Jerry Kupfer (Coordinator), Pablo Orrego, Ed Evans. Greg Millard. Jim McDonald. Peter Pocock

Bob Neuman, Natalie Reuss
Pacifica National Board

Kenneth V. Jenkins (President). Tracy A. Westen (Chairperson). Oscar Hanigsberg measurer). Ihelma
Meltzer R. Gordon Agnew. Carol Breshears. Isabel Alegria, Edwin A. Goodman, Robert Barron, Charles
Brousse ' Ralph Engelman. Peter Franck, Margaret Glaser, David Lampel, Jonas Rosenlield. Peter l agger,
Delano Lewis, Patricia Matthews, Lawrence Mirel, Peggy A. Cooper; Administrative Stall: Nina Bauman,
Joel Kugelmass (Executive Director), Mary Mann. Ira Slobodien; Legal Counsel: Arent. Fox. Mntner,
Plotkin & Kahn (Thomas Schattenfield, David Tillotson, Candace Fowler)

WPFW Local Advisory Board
Delano Lewis (Chairperson), Mary Lela Sherburne. Ukali Bethea. Joe Binns. Grigsby Hubbard. Lawrence
Mirel. Conrad Cafritz. Delores Parron, Nancy Folger. Lewis Rivlin, Ed Barnett Julian Stein. Peggy Cooper
Max Richtman, Patricia Matthews, Pete Ward, Carol Randolph

OUR WARMEST THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US ALONG THE WAY

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After nine years of hard work and loving energy,
WPFW is on the air with makeshift studios and carpet
scraps for soundproofing. Our equipment is second hand
though our underpaid staff is first rate. With the dedicated
help of over three hundred volunteers, WPFW is creating a
radio station responsive to the needs and concerns of it's

listeners. But WE NEED YOUR HELP.

We rely on tax deductible listener contributions to keep
WPFW on the air. Our subscription rates are flexible: $30
for a regular subscription, $15 for students, unemployed
and those persons on a fixed income, or our $5 a month
club. As a subscriber you will receive the Pacifica Program
Guide free each month. Please help us sustain this labor of
love. Without your help WPFW fails..' CAUSE FREE RADIO
AIN'T FREE.
Tax-deductible contributions may be sent to:

WPFW FM

PO. Box 28177 Central Station
Washington DC 20005

Non-Profit Org.

U.S. Postage

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Permit No. 46234

Washington D.C.